Ritchie Torres I think the Afro Latino identity represents a level of diversity and intersectionality that is confusing to the mainstream media. – Ritchie Torres
Meena Harris This is the whole point of intersectionality – that it cannot only be a single-issue analysis of race and gender, and instead must consider the cumulative impact of various and simultaneous identities that compound the effects of discrimination. – Meena Harris
Bob the Drag Queen I was raised in Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. And I think that has practically everything to do with, you know, my formative years. I’m also black. So, this is what we’re talking about, intersectionality, right? I’m also queer. And I’m also non-binary. And I think all these cultures have contributed to every essence of my being. – Bob the Drag Queen
Bari Weiss China may brutalize Buddhists in Tibet and Muslims in Xinjiang while denying basic rights to the rest of its 1.3 billion citizens, but ‘woke’ activists pushing intersectionality keep mum on all that. – Bari Weiss
Bari Weiss Has there ever been a crisper expression of the consequences of ‘intersectionality’ than a ban on Jewish lesbians from a Dyke March? – Bari Weiss
Bari Weiss In practice, intersectionality functions as kind of caste system, in which people are judged according to how much their particular caste has suffered throughout history. – Bari Weiss
Linda SarsourStrength None of us live single-issue lives… That is why intersectionality is a strength, not a weakness. – Linda Sarsour
Kimberle Williams CrenshawPowerRelationshipWomen Intersectionality is an analytic sensibility, a way of thinking about identity and its relationship to power. Originally articulated on behalf of black women, the term brought to light the invisibility of many constituents within groups that claim them as members but often fail to represent them. – Kimberle Williams Crenshaw
Kimberle Williams CrenshawPolitics Intersectionality is not easy. It’s not as though the existing frameworks that we have – from our culture, our politics, or our law – automatically lead people to being conversant and literate in intersectionality. – Kimberle Williams Crenshaw
ExperienceKimberle Williams CrenshawPoliticsPowerWork Intersectionality draws attention to invisibilities that exist in feminism, in anti-racism, in class politics, so, obviously, it takes a lot of work to consistently challenge ourselves to be attentive to aspects of power that we don’t ourselves experience. – Kimberle Williams Crenshaw
